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On This Day (May 3rd) Multiple Choice

Can you answer these questions relating to events that happened on May 3rd ?
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1. 1481 – The largest of three earthquakes causes an estimated 30,000 casualties when it hits which island ?
Rhodes ✓
Sicily ✓
Cyprus ✓
Malta ✓
2. 1715 – A total solar eclipse was visible across northern Europe, and northern Asia, as predicted by Edmond Halley to within how many minutes accuracy ?
8 minutes ✓
1 minute ✓
4 minutes ✓
12 minutes ✓
3. 1830 – The Canterbury and Whitstable Railway is opened; it is the first steam-hauled passenger railway to issue season tickets and to have what ?
A Buffet Car ✓
A Tunnel ✓
A Branch Line ✓
Wheelchair Access ✓
4. 1855 – American adventurer William Walker departs from San Francisco with about 60 men to conquer which country ?
Nicaragua ✓
Guatemala ✓
El Salvador ✓
Panama ✓
5. 1867 – The Hudson's Bay Company gives up all claims to which part of Canada ?
Newfoundland ✓
Prince Edward Island ✓
Yukon ✓
Vancouver Island ✓
6. 1901 – The Great Fire of 1901 begins in which city ?
London, UK ✓
Jacksonville, Florida, USA ✓
Toronto, Canada ✓
Bergen, Norway ✓
7. 1945 – World War II: Sinking of the prison ships "Cap Arcona", "Thielbek" and "Deutschland" by the Royal Air Force in which body of water ?
Ringkobing Fjord, Denmark ✓
Gulf of Gdansk, Poland ✓
Lübeck Bay, Germany ✓
Bjornafjorden, Norway ✓
8. 1952 – Lieutenant Colonels Joseph O. Fletcher and William P. Benedict of the United States land a plane where ?
North Pole ✓
Darian Gap ✓
Baffin Island ✓
Bikini Atoll ✓
9. 1952 – Which sporting event is televised nationally for the first time, on the CBS network ?
Daytona 500 ✓
NFL Draft ✓
US Open Tennis ✓
Kentucky Derby ✓
10. 1960 – Which museum opens in Amsterdam, Netherlands ?
Rijksmuseum ✓
Anne Frank House ✓
Van Gogh Museum ✓
Heineken Experience ✓
11. 2007 – The 3-year-old British girl Madeleine McCann disappears, starting "the most heavily reported missing-person case in modern history", from which resort ?
Lloret de Mar, Spain ✓
Juan les Pins, France ✓
Praia da Luz, Portugal ✓
Viareggio, Italy ✓
12. 2001 – Which country loses its seat on the U.N. Human Rights Commission for the first time since the commission was formed in 1947 ?
United States ✓
France ✓
North Korea ✓
Botswana ✓
13. 2002 – An Indian Air Force MiG-21 crashes in Jalandhar, killing eight and injuring 17, in what type of building ?
Pharmacy ✓
School ✓
Railway Station ✓
Bank ✓
14. 1933 – James Brown, American singer-songwriter, producer, and actor is born, by what name is he often referred ?
Grandfather of Soul ✓
The Soul Sensation ✓
Godfather of Soul ✓
God of Soul ✓
15. The United Nations General Assembly declared May 3 to be a day to commemorate what ?
World Press Freedom Day ✓
World Refugee Day ✓
World Cancer Awareness Day ✓
World Religious Freedom Day ✓
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